PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024

4–5 Sept 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

Wayne Hughes

Head of Digital Assets, Securities Services

BNP Paribas

Madrid, Spain

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Leading our strategy and client offering with regards to Digital Assets.

About me

Wayne Hughes is Head of Digital Assets at the Securities Services business of BNP Paribas. In his role, Wayne works closely with stakeholders from all domains, and with the CIB and Securities Services Digital teams, to collectively drive our strategy and client offering with regards to Digital Assets. 

Wayne was previously the Head of Data and Digital for Financial Intermediaries & Corporates of Securities Services, BNP Paribas, defining the short and long term roadmap of the bank's digital strategy. He also managed the bank’s digital initiatives from a product perspective, looking for opportunities to enhance service quality and develop new businesses leveraging digital. Wayne has more than 25 years of experience in the securities post-trade industry.

He joined JP Morgan in 1994 within the IT department of their securities services business, and then transferred with this business to Paribas / BNP Paribas. He has held numerous management roles as Head of Product and Project teams in Spain, Head of Operations and IT in Spain, and Head of Retail Outsourcing.

Wayne is a graduate of Asbury University.

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Wednesday, 4 September 2024

10:00 - 10:40

(Block Track) The current practice, and promise, of DLT in ASSET SERVICING

Format:In-person
Location:Room C1, Level 2
  • Custody
  • Technology
  • Digital/digitalised assets
  • The Block Track

Distributed ledger technology promises plenty simplification to processes in the asset servicing domain – but how is it actually panning out, and how should I take action over it?